Bursary Appeal 2024
Our social mission Dulwich College is proud of our history and tradition of providing access to education for talented boys from all backgrounds. The education of “poor scholars” was part of our foundational mission – one that reached its height in the 1950s when local authorities funded the fees for 90% of our pupil body. This served to make Dulwich a vibrant and socially diverse school, representative of our wider community in south London – a community of talent from all walks of life. It is an exciting place in which our pupils can learn and grow, aware and respectful of the many different experiences and viewpoints they will encounter and able to interact with anyone on their own terms. This is a key part of how we prepare all of our pupils for the world beyond Dulwich. Since the mid-1990s, we have provided means-tested fee support from our own resources. We are able to do so through your generosity. Those donors who give what they can, when they can, have made it possible for us to award nearly six times as many free places as we did ten years ago. Today, 214 boys are at Dulwich on means-tested fee relief: the vast majority of these pupils benefit from deep bursaries (covering 75%+ of fees) and over 100 boys are here on free places. This support can have a transformational impact on families and wider communities. Our aspiration is that one day Dulwich will be a “needs blind” school – open to all those who can benefit, regardless of their ability to pay fees. By making a gift to the Bursary Appeal, you give a talented boy the opportunity of education – an excellent Dulwich education that can change the course of their life.
“Just a small donation can quite literally change the course of a life. And by changing the course of one life, you change the course of countless lives because that’s how life works.” Arese Joe-Oshodi OA (2018-20) joined the College in 2018 from a school in Bromley on a fully-funded place and completed his Sixth Form years here. He is completing his final year of an integrated Master’s degree in Engineering at Oxford University. During his two years here, Arese was fully immersed in College life – he was the School Vice-Captain, described as “one of the most impressive young men ever to pass through this school.”
Please consider making a gift today. We would be deeply grateful.
Dr Joe Spence The Master
Giving back… together
Help us do more We rely on the philanthropic support of our whole community to help fund bursary places, alongside our own financial resources. We now spend 2.5 times as much on means-tested fee support as we did ten years ago – and in the same period now offer nearly six times as many free places.
Could help to fund a bursary recipient’s school lunches.
£50 a month
Your generosity has a profound impact on the lives of these young people.
Dr Azhar Ala, Khalid Talukder, Ted Chwu, Amos Dadzie (Not pictured: Ben Li, Nick Marsh)
Please give what you can - together we can make a difference.
“I did say to myself as I walked out the gates back in ‘93, that if I ever get the opportunity I would love to be able to contribute in some small way to make a young boy’s life better and give them an opportunity that I got.” Khalid Talukder OA (1988-93)
Could help to supply four bursary recipients with school uniforms.
£100 a month
Helps subsidise the cost of trips and expeditions for pupils on bursaries.
£750 per year
To mark thirty years since they left Dulwich College, a group of six Old Alleynians from the Class of 1993 decided they wanted to give something back. Together, they have committed to support a pupil joining at 11+ who could not come to the College without a free place. Each is giving in their own way according to their circumstances, spreading the cost over seven years – some with a monthly direct debit.
24 gifts of £1000
They hope to demonstrate the power of collective action – that if many OAs, parents and friends come together they can change someone’s life.
Could fund a full bursary for a boy for one year.
“It’s difficult to sit there and say what a great time I had at Dulwich College and not do something to give someone else a chance!” Amos Dadzie OA (1985-93)
To set up a regular gift or to give a one-off donation, please complete the gift form in the brochure or visit: www.dulwich.org.uk/donatenow We would be deeply grateful if you would consider donating to the Bursary Appeal Fund today.
What is a Bursary? Bursaries are part or fully-funded places that enable talented students from lower-income families to access a Dulwich education and the opportunities it provides. Our primary entry point for funded places is at 11+. Applicants sit the College’s entrance examinations and their family’s financial circumstances are assessed by independent experts. The final decision is made by the College’s Bursary Committee and awards are for the full period of study, subject to annual reviews to assess any changes in financial need. More information is available at www.dulwich.org.uk/bursaries. Our philanthropic focus is on the provision of transformational places, meaning fee support of 75- 100%. Today we provide nearly six times as many free places as we did ten years ago.
Spending on bursaries has more than doubled since 2013
214 boys are in receipt of bursaries
125 boys receive full bursaries (100%)
“What can we do to emulate the subsidised education that so many of us enjoyed? It is to contribute to and support the Bursary Fund. Some 200 plus boys have received bursaries and that allows them to enjoy and be nurtured by an education which otherwise would not be available to them.”
167 boys receive deep bursaries (75%+)
11 boys from Ukraine are in receipt of bursaries
What do bursaries cover?
School fees, uniforms, school trips and expeditions, school lunches and music lessons. A gift to the Bursary Appeal Fund, of any size, will make an impact on the lives of boys and their families who need the benefit of financial support.
Will Lewis OA (1954-65), President of the Old Alleynian Association, 2022-23, was part of the‘Dulwich Experiment’ during a period when 90% of boys were in receipt of free places. Will’s five-year old granddaughter attended Dulwich College Singapore, 65 years after her grandfather joined Dulwich in south London.
“I can’t even imagine the different path my life would’ve taken if I hadn’t had the amazing opportunity to come here.” Jon Guinness OA (1988-96) came to the College as part of the Assisted Places Scheme. His father was a Vicar in south London and their family did not have the means to pay. Jon currently works as a Fund Manager, specialising in digital ethics and sustainability, after studying at Cambridge and the LSE. Jon continues to support bursaries at the College and has been making a monthly donation since 2020.
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